This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Opinion The Houthis are anything but heroes
The Yemeni militia is being celebrated by the Arab world and some in the West for its attacks 'on behalf' of Gaza
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Opinion ‘His love was so, so big’: Mourning Oriya Goshen, 21, a Bronfman alum killed in combat
An Israeli alum of the Bronfman Fellowship, soldier Oriya Goshen was killed in combat in southern Gaza last Wednesday
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News ‘Draconian methods’: Israel knocked for jailing, killing journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists ranked Israel as the sixth-worst offender in the world for detaining journalists
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Looking Forward ‘An urgent necessity’: This young woman needs your help to leave Gaza
For Gazans seeking to evacuate, GoFundMe pages are a lifeline.
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Letters Our event was a mourning procession for murdered Israeli and Palestinian children, not an ‘antisemitic incident’
A recent photo implied that a silent march was one of the ADL's 3,000 acts of antisemitism
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Fast Forward On eve of genocide hearing, Netanyahu says Israel has ‘no intention’ of displacing Palestinians in Gaza
The comments followed weeks of pressure from the Biden administration to explicitly contradict the statements of ministers who called for Palestinian civilians to leave Gaza
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Opinion Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians
Forced migration in war is a crime against humanity. Israeli ministers putting it on the table is a threat to the future of Israeli democracy no less than this government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.
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News ‘People are afraid’: Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
Some students, their lawyers say, have been thrown out of school for innocuous social media posts
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